The Diem Regime By Frankum And Fitzgerald

The Diem Regime

From these Authors, Frankum and Fitzgerald We have two very unique and distinct outlooks on the Diem regime. Both tell us the stand point of the U.S., both talks about what kind of a leader Diem was and how he influenced the Vietnam people. We saw his goals we saw his plans and how he succeed and failed Both authors gives us there stand point on the U.S and have much intervention the U.S should of had or how the U.S should have left Vietnam. Whether the U.S should have stayed or left is up to your interpretation of these readings. These outlooks on Diem and his regime and how the U.S played a part in his regime and how they should have played a part in it. They Have two totally different opinions and stand points you
have one author who see the Diem regime mostly coming from the people eyes and the other author coming from the eyes of mostly American. On is seeing how things should be and the other is seeing it from how it is. Diem regime from Fitzgerald point of view was the reality of how things really were and how it was affecting the Vietnam people. He had a very Revisionist way of looking at his regime, you could tell that he could feel the frustration coming from the Viet people who were crying out for help. Telling the U.S how awful unmoral and unorganized of a leader Diem was. Yet the U.S still did nothing but praise him and whenever he would ask for financial needs for his military